Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-22
DAKOTA CONCENTRATIONS.

S'.S' oStppoA i'N
DAKog.A COMBINATIONS.
The Dary smelter at Deadwood is in
full operation.
The wheat harvest is going on briskly
In Hyde county.
Pembina county expects the largest
crop ever grown.
Madison expects the Illinois Central
from Sioux Falls.
The pressure and flow has been re-
stored to the Aberdeen artesian we'll.
Manitoba surveyors are camped three
miles out of Mitchell, having run q line
from De Smett here.
A gang Of burglars following q cirous
did five houses in Sioux Falls Tuesday
and got a fair harvest.
Boston capitalists are just concluding
a deal in Aberdeen property amounting
to upwards of $4,000
Chas. Furness has been appointed
postmaster at Vsnderyort, CLARK county,
vice Michael Vandervort. resigned.
Prof. Richardson still remains among
the faculty of the normal school at
Madison though there have been several
changes.
The sewerage question is being agitat-
ed in Aberdeen quite strongly, and will
undoubtedly result in the adoption of
some plan.
Rail-laying was connected Wednesday
on the extension west from Faulkton to
Gettysburg, and will be pushed through
to completion at once.
h. 3. Whitcher has presented the
Highmore Congregational church with
500 worth of real estate, upon which an
ediice will be erected.
Judge Mcdonnell has decided that
Bathgate township was illegally formed
and consequently is nj more. The town
ship will be ~reorganized at once.
Sufficient M have been secured to
put the question of prohibition to vote
in Hughes county. II now looks as it
the prohibitionists will be defeated.
The Northern Pacific is arranging to
use the old Ordway grade and build
into Aberdeen from Lamour a once.
Right-of. way is now being procured.
Officials at Pembina have been d
thosized to hand over to the Canadian
court. Fant, under arrest for trying to
murder Chief OF Police McRae OF Winni.
peg.
Tho steamer Tompkins with a com.
pany of soldiers from Randall arrived at
Pierre Wednesday and will relieve the
Bennett and Sully troops. The eleventh
infantry goes east on the 31st.
The north Dakota mills at Hillsboro
have just finished q new brick boiler
houses and put in a second boiler. They
will also shortly add Is barrels to their
present capacity Of 200 barrels daily.
The new round house on the Milwau.
kee at Aberdeen is being pushed rapidly
forward. IL will, consist OF Is stalls. The
company is also making arrangements
to build q now passenger depot there.
Rev. Mi. Babcock, rector OF st. Mary's
church, Mitchell, was called to AIexan-
dria Sunday to conduct funeral services
over the little son of Editor Taylor, of
the Herald, who died suddenly Satur-
day.
The Illinois Central, which is now
projected to Sioux Falls. have a uryey-
ing party looking over feasible rocte
from there to Aberdeen, but whether
they will build this fall cannot be def
nitely learned.
Pierre citizens who in their own inter.
est and at their own expense q few weeks
ago surveyed q direct route from Aber-
deem to Pierre for the Manitoba road,
have now made public the fact that this
route will be graded to Pierre at once,
In time for moving the fall crops.
Among the prominent Mitchelli.es
who are of on their vacations are:
Banker A. Nj. Bowdie, in California:
judge Grow, IL Ohio; Attorneys Martin
and Whittlesey, In Illinois; Attorney
Dillon, in Indiana; (the three -last-named
presumably with matrimonial intent);
Suptt. Krotz. in Ohio; Will Randall, the
Furniture man, at Lake Okoboil.
The most potable event in Lake coup-|
ty for a number OF years was the recent
soldiers reunion on the shores Of Lake
Madison. Faily 5000 people were
present during the encampment and $50
veterans were entered on the roll book
The veterans organized an association
for that section of Dakota, embracing
about q dozen posts Of the g. A. r and
all old soldiers within certain limits,
The roll book shows the largest nupber
OF veterans present that has attended
any reunion in the territory. except the
territorial reunion last year at Mitchell. I
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The boss screen doors of the st. Croir
Lumber coInpany's yard.